New Post: "Three Cheers for Sister Jean and the Loyola Chicago Ramblers"

Hello all.   A new post on the American Catholic: "Three Cheers for Sister Jean and the Loyola Chicago Ramblers."   It's about the Cinderella team (besides Syracuse) of the NCAA tournament, the Loyola at Chicago Ramblers and their 98 year old assistant coach and scout, Sister Jean Dolores-Schmidt.   Enjoy!  (And is your bracket still unbroken?)

New Post: "A Speaker for Stephen Hawking (1942-2018)" on "The American Catholic"

Hello all!   A new post on "The American Catholic:"  A Speaker for Stephen Hawking (1942-2018).   This is a review of (mainly) Stephen Hawkings scientific career and, as a sideline, of the change of his views on how science is done and on belief in God.  The title comes from Orson Scott Card's "Speaker for the Dead," in which the hero, Ender Wiggins ("Ender's Game") travels the galaxy giving talks about the dead that are not conventional eulogies but honest appraisals of the deceased, talks that ultimately give more comfort to the grieving than a eulogy.

New Post in Catholic Stand: Lent: Join Our Suffering to that of Christ

Hello all:  a new post on Catholic Stand: Lent: "Join Our Suffering to that of Christ."  The post gives examples of what the saints have said about suffering as a road to Christ.

New Post: "God's Gift to Molecular Biology: the Hydrogen Bond"

Hello all.   Here's a new post on the Magis Center for Faith and Reason: "God's Gift to Molecular Biology: the Hydrogen Bond."   It's about DNA and how the hydrogen bond enables it to do its thing.